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Five Ways to Follow St. Ignatius’s Example to See All Things New in Christ
Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found...
Time for Prayer
How hard can it be to take 10, 15, 20 minutes a day for dedicated prayer or reflection and contemplation? And yet the commitment...
What I Learned About God Through My Pet Bird
My bird, Charlie, died last month.
Charlie was a beautiful little parrot, jam-packed with personality. Most days, my shoulder was her perch, from which she...
My Attitude About Time and Manna
Each day, God gives me enough time.
It sure doesn’t feel like it.
Today I did not have time to play my guitar or piano or...
Ignatian Imagination This Easter Season
The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew in Brooklyn, NY, brings us this 15-minute guided Ignatian reflection on John 21:1–14. We are invited...
Elizabeth Meets Jesus
Similar to St. Ignatius’s contemplation involving an encounter between Mary and her Son after his Resurrection, this meditation is not based on Scripture. However,...
The Sorrow Christ Endured for Me
This post is based on Week Seven of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
I never seemed to have enough bug spray in Bolivia. Not that it...
Signs of Peace
This post is based on Week Six of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
We’ve become all too familiar with images of war, violence, and destruction. We...
Come Here
The Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises encourages us to ask for the grace to know Jesus, the man who drew people to himself...
Going to Egypt
This story is inspired by Matthew 2:13–15.
Perhaps Joseph awakes to the sound of Mary humming a lullaby. Mary holds her baby close, rocking as...